Q . Sh ings? [am not referring to rou- tine police work done for security reasons, but to meet- ings on current affairs in which the police have no interest. Here in B.C., Alan Dutton of the high-scunding Canadian anti-Racism and Education Research Society (CAERS) gets hundreds of thousands of dollars in gov- ¢mament grants to do just It teacher Paul Fromm fired. The latest outrage is the campaign by Durton and his bud- dies in B’Nai Brith’s so-called League of Human Rights to get Fromm is a Toroato-area teacher and his school board informed him in a one-paragraph note that because he had “continued to ignore the board’s policies on multiculturalism and immigration” he would no longer be employed as of Jan. 28. Which raises the question of whether, to keep their jobs, teachers must be politically correct at all times in their off hours, Fromm having attended meetings of which his critics prave. ; ately, the board ran into a legal roadblock erected by Doug Christie and the lawyer for the Ontario Teachers Federation. So there was a temporary stay of execution. It’s nota a bla Ca DPD ate IIA UIE PETIT TO, iffing out left-wing sno IS there any other country in the Western world where governments pay people to spy on meet- Centra] to this “sentence now, trial later” fiasco was an affi- davit Dutton submitted to the board. He began his illiterate, four-page denunciation by describ- ing himself as an “Educator.” *[, Alan Dutton, Educator... of Surrey, Bntish Columbia...” If he is an educator, I. am a brain surgeon. A more accurate description would be “professional creep,” since he creeps around reporting on meetings he thinks should not be allowed. In describing a conference organized last year in Vancouver by Fromm and his right-wing Canadian Association for Free Expression (CAFE), he stated: “I attended at (sic) the Croatian Cultural Centre on April 26, 1996, at approximately 6:45 p.m. Fromm was there and I took a photograph of him. A copy of the photograph is attached to this Affidavit as Exhibit ‘E’.” He raved on about “banned. books” being offered for sale at another Fromm meeting (Exhibit “F”.) and about 2 free speech seminar heid in the Victoria Library. (Exhibit “H”.) The affidavit is littered with inaccuracies. He claimed that the April 26 meeting was hosted by the “British World Israel Federation.” (Actual name, British Israel World Federation.) Either way, they had nothing to do with the meeting. Even if they had, so what? Fromm’s sin is that he puis out newsletters cpposing immi- gration, multiculturalism, foreign aid, etc. The usual pressure groups had already got him removed from his job as a high school teacher. They wanted him fired then, too, but he was assigned to adult education. Dutton and B’Nai Brith also accuse him of mixing with the wrong people. Guilt by association. “A” was scen talking to “B.” Away with him. ck and white premise. He says, “And { do Brazil is a country with As a frequent reader of your well-prepared communi- ty news (besides being a proud father of one of its car- riers); 1 would like to make some comments in relation to Doug Collins’ Feb 12 column “Heritage and Hypocrisy.” Ido not agree with the author’s apparent premise that the society is divided between whites and non-whites, and I disagree with. some of the comments in the article. In the beginning he says that “Canadians were never — consulted” ‘about the policy of “universal immigration.” He Later in the article, the author says that “in Vancouver, English has not think that Europeans are necessarily superior to oth- ers.” Please note the word “necessarily.” What he really means is that Europeans in general are supe- rior. But not necessarily all. In his opinion there are some exceptions. This opinion seems to imply race superiority. He continues: “a substan- tial proportion of British and other European immigration is preterable to an 80% intake from different cultures.” Why? For being superior beings? Mr. Collins, human beings dimensions similar to Canada, pomilation of 165 million, just one language for the whole country (Portuguese). Besides being one of the main economies of the world (ranking 10th in 1996 among all countries of the world), Brazil is proud of being a non-racially segregat- ed society. There are some social chal- lenges, but there is no racism at all. People are friendly to all races. Everybody is the same there, regardless of race, color or origin. In Brazil there is ample continues: “And no party has even opposed it.” - Well, Canada is a parlia- mentary democracy and the majority party, freely elected, always chooses this policy as in the best interest for the coun- try. The fact that no, party is opposed enforces the’ fact that the society is almost totally in should not complain of this democratic decision. Local police get applause I wanted to take opportunity to thank the North Vancouver RCMP, and in par-. ticular Constable Steinhauser, for their speedy response and thorough follow-up of a recent smash and grab performed on my vehicle. Not only did they recover my missing property, they did it in a manner that I felt deserved a public commenda- tion. I have lived in’ both Calgary and Winnipeg, and have never experienced this level of performance from the local law enforcement agencies. The North Shore is very for- tunate to be protected by their services. Bill Morrison North Vancouver become a minority language.” This is not true, a clear exaggeration. Yes, many lan- guages arc spoken in Vancouver, especially Chinese. But to say that English is now a minority language seems to mean lack of real arguments. And here comes his actual are all similar and deserve the same benefits. And diversity is the beauty of the society. But as a landed immigrant from Brazil 1 want to com- ment on another of his phras- es in the article: “We are becoming a Brazil of the North.” KEN BAXTER LAWYER 25 Years Experience favor of this practice. Doug ~ this DRAPERIES & BLINDS BY S. LAURSEN & SON CUSTOM DRAPERIES, TRACKS AND BEDSPREADS Labour $13.50 per panel untined, $11.50 lined. At low, low prices. 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Last year, Dutton even accused the World Libertarian Conference in Whistler of harboring “racists” and “extrem- ists.” Meanwhile, it’s fine for fim to speak at meetings of the thuggish, street-fighting, communist mob in Toronto known as Anti-Racist Action. And to be on the same platforms in B.C. as communist academic David Lethbridge of Salmon Arm. But the real sickness is not the Duttons. It is the idiocies of people who should know better. As columnist Ezra Levant wrote in the Calgary Sun: “To get a job as a teacher, should you have to swear alle- giance to liberal ideas of multiculturalism and immigration? Skould you have to subscribe to an official, government- approved set of political beliefs?” It seems so. The inquisition has just heard more evidence on his case and Fromm is ing again at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Dr., in Vancouver. If you can spare a $5 donation, pop along and see what a menacing monster he is. Ask Dutton for a free photo. — The North Shore News believes strongly in freedom of speech and the right of ail sides in a debate to be beard. The columnists published in the News present differing points of view, but thos views are not necessarily those of the newspaper strelf. world freedom of ‘speech, but the Brazilian constitution is very tough with any racist remarks in the media. Articles suggest- ing any kind of racism are totally banned in Brazil and subject to legal procedures. History has taught humans lessons of the media’s poten- tial power to develop hate in society. We have to avoid this danger in Canada. 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